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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1913
Page
1
Detectives grill widow at Eaton home while missing will text may hold circumstantial proof. A grand jury could indict a second suspect for murder as authorities probe arsenic sales and the admiral’s death. the widow messages her daughter from jail and relatives react with concern.
Flemington New Jersey March 21 Harvey Marshall 28 was shot and killed while trying to gain entry to Mrs Arstella Rake’s Brown street home. Her 15 year old son Benjamin Rake is jailed charged with the shooting. The youth fired after warnings and Marshall collapsed after a brief run. coroner F W Larsson will hear testimony next Tuesday.
Republicans and Democrats clash over a proposed 2 percent income tax on earnings above $4,000 as free sugar and tax reform trigger revenue gaps. Underwood leads the House framing while Wilson weighs tariff revisions. Debate centers on revenue losses, sugar duties, and potential tariff rewrites amid calls for a swift, sweeping adjustment.
Lieut Gov O Hara heads a commission seeking a constitutional amendment for a national minimum wage. Congress may be asked to appoint a commission to study wage scales and vice in the District of Columbia as Illinois and others push for national action. A public hearing will follow at the New Willard with Washington's social leaders and clergy invited to weigh the impact on working girls.
A Boston dispatch reports Dr Charles W Eliot president emeritus of Harvard has refused the ambassadorship to the Court of St James due to age and reluctance to live abroad. A letter to President Wilson explaining regret is on its way to Washington. Eliot would not comment.
Special to The Washington Post reports William Averill Harriman son of the late E H Harriman has been selected to head the Harriman wealth. He is a Yale senior and already a director at Union Pacific Railroad and Harriman National Bank. He is expected to chair more major companies controlled by his father.
In Jefferson Market Court Mrs Randolph Fitzhugh alias Mrs Albert S Northrup admitted she is Catharine Fennell of Richmond and Washington, claiming she fights for a cause like Charlotte Corday. She faced grand larceny and second degree charges, bail set, and was taken to the Tombs as the grand jury weighed evidence.
Birmingham March 21 two white men Arthur Jones and William Watson were hanged for the murder of John Holland a black man in Jefferson county The execution marks the first time in the county that white men are hanged for killing a black person Both defendants admitted the crime each giving a motive involving alleged theft and an armed threat
William F. McCombs, Democratic national chairman, declines the ambassadorship to France to remain in his law practice. He says he will aid the Democratic administration from the ground and retain influence in party affairs while continuing his legal career. The decision follows previous refusals of cabinet posts and a potential Paris assignment, with concerns over income, party duties, and polling support.
Two suspects are named in the Eaton poisoning case as authorities widen the investigation. The article outlines emerging leads, potential motives, and the impact on local residents amid growing public concern.
In Gainesville Georgia on March 21 Brennan College students kept secret the long romance of organ instructor Thomas Musgrove and pupil Melissa Davis for a year. The couple married last summer and the bride requested secrecy until ready to announce. Five hundred students maintained the vow. the secret was finally revealed by Prof Musgrove himself.
Paris reports poor atmospheric conditions disrupted wireless experiments between Washington and Paris. Signals transmitted from Arlington were received at the Eiffel Tower but return messages could not be confirmed due to static and storms over the Atlantic, delaying certainty of success.
Special to The Washington Yost Lincoln Nebr Mar 21 Secretary of State Bryan says the Wilson administration will not swing the big stick to push American commerce abroad He warns against illegitimate corporations in the U S and asserts a policy to drive them out He notes fields waiting for development and says some countries invite capital but fear a battleship might follow
A massive storm sweeping across the Midwest and South left more than 60 dead and hundreds injured. Alabama bore the heaviest losses with Lower Peach Tree nearly destroyed, twenty-seven killed in the state and many more injured. Damage extended to Indiana Tennessee Ohio New York Michigan and Louisiana as winds at up to 88 mph toppled buildings, downed telegraph lines and disrupted rail traffic.
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